Pennsylvania lottery awards Mix & Match jackpot

One ticket matched all five winning numbers, 17-08-10-13-12, in the same position as they were drawn by the Lottery on July 19. Tonight's winning jackpot is worth a total $73,835.50 cash, less 25 percent federal withholding. The jackpot prize includes the additional $2,000 top-tier prize for matching all five winning numbers in any position, as well.

This is the ninth mix & match jackpot won since the game was launched, and the third jackpot won in the past three drawings. One ticket matched all five winning numbers in the July 12 drawing to win the jackpot prize, $192,276.50 cash, less 25 percent federal withholding.

Mix & match jackpots must be claimed by presenting a top-prize winning ticket at Pennsylvania Lottery Headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County, or at any of the Lottery's seven area offices located throughout the Commonwealth. Claims may be filed at headquarters Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., and from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at area Lottery offices.

The Pennsylvania Lottery encourages the holder of a winning ticket to sign the back of the ticket and then contact Pennsylvania Lottery Headquarters, (717) 985-3275. Pennsylvania Lottery officials cannot announce the identity of a mix & match jackpot winner until a prize has been claimed and a ticket validated.

The mix & match jackpot returns to an estimated $50,000 for the Monday, July 23, drawing. Live, televised mix & match drawings are conducted every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m., along with The Daily Number, BIG 4, and CASH 5.

How to play mix & match: Players receive one play for $2. Players choose five numbers from 1 to 19 or use the quick-pick, computer-selection method. Players can win by matching one or more of their numbers in the same position as drawn by the Lottery, and by matching three or more of their numbers in any position. The game offers 17 different prize level combinations. Mix & match tickets may be purchased up to one week (two draws) in advance. Cash jackpots will start at $50,000; if the top prize is not won in a drawing, the entire amount rolls over to the next drawing's jackpot. Mix & match prizes will be paid in cash (including the jackpot prize), a free ticket, or a combination of the two. Odds of winning the jackpot prize are 1-in-1,395,360; overall odds of winning any prize are 1-in-3.57.